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The_wall · 11-19-2005, 01:38 PM

I'm assembling a computer for the very first time and am confused. I'm connecting the front panel connectors (reset switch, power switch, hdd led and msg led). Someone told me you never want the metal sides of these connectors to face another metal side or a metal pin and doing so can screw up the motherboard. If this is true then there is no way that I can connect these connectors as the manual tells me too without having at least one metal side face an empty metal pin.

So What I'm wondering is is it true that the metal side of the connector should never face a metal pin? Any sort of help in this area would be much apreciated.

If it helps any I'm using GA-K8N Pro-SLI motherboard and a Coolermaster Centurion 5 case. Links below to both of them

the mobo can be found at http://www.techniz.co.uk/modules.php...content&id=262

the Case can be found at http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/Cool...s.aspx?pid=634

JStrider · 11-19-2005, 01:48 PM

the connectors should be plastic...
and if they have exposed metal parts... just make sure they are only touching the contacts that they are supposed to be...

The_wall · 11-19-2005, 01:50 PM

Yeah they are plastic. Let me clearify, Each one is plasic but has metal exposed on one side.

So you're saying that as long as the metal doesn't physically touch a pin it'll be ok?

n0nsensical · 11-20-2005, 06:42 PM

The metal (inside) is supposed to touch the pin it's supposed to be connected to. So you have a bunch of pins sticking out of the motherboard and connectors that are like plastic boxes with holes in one end and wires out the other end. You just put together the correct pin in the hole and that's it, no metal should be exposed. I can't picture where the confusion is coming from. It's simple; don't think about it too hard and do what the manual says.

11-19-2005, 01:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
The_wall Psycho Location: Rhode Island biatches!	help with connectors I'm assembling a computer for the very first time and am confused. I'm connecting the front panel connectors (reset switch, power switch, hdd led and msg led). Someone told me you never want the metal sides of these connectors to face another metal side or a metal pin and doing so can screw up the motherboard. If this is true then there is no way that I can connect these connectors as the manual tells me too without having at least one metal side face an empty metal pin. So What I'm wondering is is it true that the metal side of the connector should never face a metal pin? Any sort of help in this area would be much apreciated. If it helps any I'm using GA-K8N Pro-SLI motherboard and a Coolermaster Centurion 5 case. Links below to both of them the mobo can be found at http://www.techniz.co.uk/modules.php...content&id=262 the Case can be found at http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/Cool...s.aspx?pid=634 __________________ "We do what we like and we like what we do!"~andrew Wk Procrastinate now, don't put off to the last minute.

11-19-2005, 01:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
JStrider Poo-tee-weet? Location: The Woodlands, TX	the connectors should be plastic... and if they have exposed metal parts... just make sure they are only touching the contacts that they are supposed to be... __________________ -=JStrider=- ~Clatto Verata Nicto

11-19-2005, 01:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
The_wall Psycho Location: Rhode Island biatches!	Yeah they are plastic. Let me clearify, Each one is plasic but has metal exposed on one side. So you're saying that as long as the metal doesn't physically touch a pin it'll be ok? __________________ "We do what we like and we like what we do!"~andrew Wk Procrastinate now, don't put off to the last minute.

11-20-2005, 06:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
n0nsensical Junkie Location: San Francisco	The metal (inside) is supposed to touch the pin it's supposed to be connected to. So you have a bunch of pins sticking out of the motherboard and connectors that are like plastic boxes with holes in one end and wires out the other end. You just put together the correct pin in the hole and that's it, no metal should be exposed. I can't picture where the confusion is coming from. It's simple; don't think about it too hard and do what the manual says. __________________ "Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." --Abraham Lincoln